an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm o more..an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)(noun.person)
British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) (noun.person)
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness ( more..English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)(noun.person)
physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light cons more..physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)(noun.person)
French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyro more..French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)(noun.person)
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationar more..United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)(noun.person)
British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of th more..British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988)(noun.person)
United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet co more..United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968)(noun.person)
French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850) (noun.person)
English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he sug more..English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)(noun.person)
French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he more..French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)(noun.person)
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) (noun.person)
German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947) (noun.person)
English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969) (noun.person)
Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity r more..Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)(noun.person)
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814) (noun.person)
English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass more..English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)(noun.person)
British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the tr more..British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)(noun.person)
United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914) (noun.person)
English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828) (noun.person)
United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922) (noun.person)
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an impor more..British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)(noun.person)
Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged parti more..Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)(noun.person)